Press Release

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2176

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MOSCOW, 28 - 29 APRIL

19990430 The Secretary-General arrived in Moscow from Berlin in the evening of Wednesday, 28 April.

Before beginning his official meetings on Thursday, the Secretary- General conferred with his Special Envoy for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Yuliy Vorontsov.

30 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/512

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACTING AS PREPARATORY BODY FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES TO RESUME WORK IN SEPTEMBER

19990430 Recommendation among Texts Adopted As Current Phase of Deliberations Concludes

30 April 1999

Press Release
PI/1126

30 April 1999

Press Release
SC/6668

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6978
PI/1128

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS RIGHT TO FOUGHT FOR, NOT BLESSING TO BE WISHED FOR, JOINT MESSAGE STATES ON OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19990430 Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNESCO Director-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Issue Joint Appeal for Safety of Journalists

30 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/942

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

19990430 Appoints Special Representative on Equatorial Guinea, Special Rapporteur On Migrants' Rights, Calls for Joint Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo

(Reissued as received.)

30 April 1999

Press Release
SAG/28

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6976

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN COMOROS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d'état in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros which overthrew the constitutional Government.

30 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/514

30 April 1999

Press Release
PI/1127

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TO HOLD 1999 SESSION IN NEW YORK 3 - 14 MAY

19990430 Background Release Reorientation of UN Activities in Public Information And Communications, Enrichment of UN Web Sites, among Topics To Be Considered